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No. 684,069. Patented Oct. 8, I901. H. B. KNORR.

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(Application filed June 12, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

HARRY B. KNORR, OF TAOONY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOTHEODORE J. .DUMBLE, OF FRANKFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,069, dated October8, 1901. Application filed June 12, 1901. Serial No. 64,224. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY B. KNORR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tacony, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cans,of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention has relation to a can especially adapted for containingcondensed milk or similar fluid substances, and in such connection itrelates to the particular construction and arrangement thereof.

The principal objects of my invention are, first, to provide a can whichmay be readily opened for discharge of the contents and in which pouringof the matter or substance therefrom may be effected without loss orspattering of the substance or matter around about the head or sides ofthe can, and, second, a can which, after tilting for removing contents,has been caused to assume its normal or vertical position, and anymatter or sub stance carried to the point of discharge will be returnedto the interior of the can through a gutter provided in the head withoutloss of the matter or substance, and, further, a can in which theinternal contents are kept in a healthy condition free from contact,comparatively speaking, with the atmosphere.

My invention, stated in general terms, consists of a can whenconstructed and arranged in substantially the manner hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The nature and characteristic features of my invention will be morefully understood from the following description taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical centralsection through a can embodying the features of my present invention.Fig. 2 is a top or plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe can.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the can, of cylindriform shapeor type, provided with a flaring throat or discharge-neck a.

b is a sunken bottom, and c is the overlapping sunken head provided witha gutter c, of V or other preferred shape, formed substantially midwayin the head and extending downward into the body of the can and locatedcontiguous to the throat or discharge= neck a of the can.

02 represents an incision adapted to be made in the gutter c forpermitting of the discharge from the interior of the can of its contents5 5 into the neck or throat a of the can A and for removal of the sametherefrom intoany suitable receptacle. This opening d,provided in thegutter 0, also acts as a vent to facilitate not only the discharge ofthe contents of the can, but also furnishes the amount of air necessaryto permit of such discharge in the tilting of the can, and when the canhas been caused to assume its normal or vertical position any mattercarried out into the throat or 6 5 1. A can for condensed milk or thelike, provided with a cylindrical wall expanded laterally near one edgeinto a spout or dischargethroat, and a head having a downwardly-inclinedgutter extending to the base of the spout and adapted when perforated toform a discharge-opening from the interior of the can to the spout orthroat, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A can provided with a sunken head having an inclined throat ordischarge-neck and with a substantially V- shaped gutter adapted to bepunctured to form a discharge-opening into the throat or neck of the canlocated contiguous to the said gutter in the head of said can,substantially as and for the purposes de scribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HARRY B. KNORR. Witnesses:

J. WALTER DOUGLASS, THOMAS 1. SMITH.

